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Show gfeff(8.S8lafl8 13 Vernal Express. Wednesday, August 21, 1991 fe Muting MgBn tfw ki)vtim Cfi Mi. If you had put 50 cents in the bank two years ago, you would have about 64 cents there now. If you would have bought a David Robinson "Hoops" basketball card for 50 cents, you would have turned $42 for your investment. It's no wonder that sports card collecting has become so popular over the last ten years. Where else can a person get 8400 percent return on their money? No longer is card collecting just for youngsters who happen to like a particular player. Big kids are also collecting, but their purpose is for big money. Dennis Lamoreaux of Vernal began be-gan collecting cards when he was a kid. And like many others, he gave it up until just recently. Lamoreaux was working for Dowell-Schlumberger, Dowell-Schlumberger, Inc. in Vernal until last March. He picked up the "card habit" again about three years ago, buying and trading cards sporadically. sporadical-ly. In March he opened up "DJs Sports Shop" in "the Plaza. The "J" in the name represents his 16 year old son, Jessie. During the past few months, Dennis and Jessie have met many youngsters and big kids who have become "regulars" in the pursuit pur-suit of their favorite cards. In 1989, Leaf introduced a new set of baseball cards. The cards were high quality and low quantity. The result has been a run on Leaf cards that turned a Ken Griffey Jr. card from a $3 initial investment into a $25 treasure. Of course there has been a demand de-mand made on other card manufacturers manufac-turers to produce high quality and low quantity cards, so Topps came up with limited edition Topps Stadium cards. Lamoreaux cannot keep them on his shelves and is having a hard time getting them from the Topps manufacturer. Over the past ten years the price of cards has skyrocketed. In 1981, a 1959 Bob Gibson card was worth $16. Skeptics might ask why anyone any-one would pay $16 for a stupid baseball card. Why? Because now that card is worth $350. That's hardly an isolated isolat-ed incident In 1981, a 1968 Tom Seaver card was worth $5.50, now it is worth $180. That same year, a 1965 Sandy Kolfax was listed at $7, now is goes for $110. And the list goes on and on. Who pays that kind of money for cards? Plenty of people. Most of the card shops, including DJs and across the country, will buy cards for about 50 to 75 percent of their value, and each month there are hundreds of card shows where eager buyers are plentiful. Don's let the high returns fool you though. There are fakes out there. The value of cards are judged on the popularity and statistics of the player at the time; the condition of the card (is it worn on the corners, etc.); the placement of the player in the picture; and how many investors are interested in the particular card. As with anything that is produced. Make it nice, make it with rice-September rice month If anything makes the world go around, it's rice. Rice is the world's single most important food and is a major staple in many international cuisines. Because rice, in its many forms, plays a significant role in the health and welfare of the American public, the United States Senate and House of Representatives have designated des-ignated September 1991 the first annual an-nual "National Rice Month". The makers of Cream of Rice have long known the value and nutrition of this popular grain. Made of granulated granu-lated rice, and containing no fat or cholesterol, Cream of Rice is an ideal hot breakfast cereal, especially for those who are on dairy or wheat restricted re-stricted diets. It is also a versatile ingredient in many delicious recipes. Baked Caramel Rice Custard and Fruit Cobbler are just two examples of dessert recipes that prove it's nice, when made with rice. BAKED CARAMEL RICE CUSTARD Makes 8 servings 3 cups skim milk 12 cup uncooked CREAM OF RICE Hot Cereal 34 cup cholesterol-free egg product 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -Alt: frxtt-vi - m P I , w4laV , . i . . . . - - I ' , -- ! ' , . 1 x T 1J"PW DENNIS (RIGHT) and Jessie Lamoreaux (left), owners of DJ's Card Shop admire some of their treasured sports cards. The cards range from the counterfeiting is a big business among unscrupulous manufacturers and collectors should watch out for the cards that look just like the real thing. Values of cards are established by auctions and dealers from all over the country. They are listed in magazines, mag-azines, such as the Beckett book which works similar to that of a car dealer with a blue book. The Beckett lists card companies, their individual card and the high and low value of the card.. Beckett seems to be the most popular book for dealers to use, however, others are printed for the same purpose. Many people thought that card collecting would eventually join the disco, the pet rock and laser tag in the fad graveyard. With the recent Persian Gulf War and the recession, many skeptics predicted doom and gloom for the card industry. But card collecting continues to stride forward, bucking the odds. Jason Anfinson, a regular at DJs said, "A friend opened up a pack of cards earlier this summer that had a $1500 card in it That is why I became be-came interested. I'm trying to get complete packs together before I go on my mission." Colby McLean and his friends, Jeff Greene and Tony Spafford have become quite the wheelers and dealers. deal-ers. They will trade cards for anything any-thing for hours in the store and among themselves. They will buy packs, quickly glance at each of the cards then begin the trading process. They will trade or sell for anything Prepared whipped topping, optional In large saucepan, over medium heat, heat milk just to a boil; sprinkle in cereal. Cook fof 1 minute, stirring constantly. Slowly add egg product, 13 cup sugar and vanilla, stirring constantly. Cook over low heat for 4 to 5 minutes until mixture begins to thicken. In small saucepan, over medium-high medium-high heat, heat remaining sugar until melted and golden brown. Quickly pour melted sugar into 1 12-quart baking dish, tilting to coat dish; pour in prepared custard. Place baking dish in a large shallow shal-low pan that has been filled with a 1-lnch depth of hot water. Bake at 325 F for 60 to 70 minutes or until knife Inserted In center comes out clean. Cool at least 15 minutes; unmold onto serving plate. Serve warm or cold topped with whipped topping if desired.' Nutrition Information per serving: serv-ing: 178 calories, 78 mg sodium, 2 mg cholesterol, 0 gm total fat (0 calories from fat), 0 gm saturated fat, 0 gm dietary fiber. FRUIT COBBLER Makes 8 servings 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple in its own juice 1 (16-ounce) can lite yellow cling including the favorite, bubblegum. Trading cards first started appearing appear-ing in tobacco packs sometime in. the early 1900s. It wasn't until the 40s that the cards began turning up in bubblegum packs. Now some of the cards that were in the tobacco packs are worth a half-million dollars dol-lars for a complete set John Bottoroff, owner of the Strike Zone in Orem said that he began be-gan his collection of cards when he was just a kid and used his money for the down payment on a house. He recently quit his job after he got back into collecting cards and started his own card shop full time and has since opened a new store elsewhere on the Wasatch Front Sorting through rookie cards, figuring fig-uring out who will be a future star and who will flop and what card company to buy them from is half the fun to many collectors. Rookie cards are more valuable than veteran veter-an and also eventually sets the veterans' vet-erans' value. Many collectors say that it is like playing the stock market; but a poor man's stock market at that One of the things that investors look for is the availability of rookie cards that are in a set One of the problems with the 1991 baseball cards is that the market is being saturated with them and that brings down the potential po-tential value of the card. One of the problems facing card collectors and owners of shops is that the volume of cards has multiplied multi-plied so fast it is hard to stock ev tt"- "v 'm" sliced peaches 13 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel 1 teaspoon ground ginger 23 cup uncooked CREAM OF RICE Hot Cereal 12 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ' 13 cup margarine, melted 13 cup skim milk Drain fruits, reserving 1 cup liquid. liq-uid. Arrange fruits in 9-inch round baking pan; set aside. In small saucepan, over medium heat, heat reserved liquid, 3 table standard baseball, to basketball and football. Cards now include most sports including golf and auto racing. erything. With just about every sporting event coming up with cards, including golf, soccer and auto au-to racing, just to name a few, there is an abundance of cards now on the market. People now have their own specialized set of cards including the likes of Nolan Ryan, Ken Griffey Jr. and Richard Petty. In addition ad-dition to the number of cards in different dif-ferent sports, the big four, basketball, basket-ball, football, baseball and hockey, now there are five or six different companies printing all of these cards. The average collector has very little lit-tle invested in his collection. Sometimes a rare or unusual card may pop up in a pack, such as happened hap-pened to Anfinson 's friend. Lamoreaux said that more and more adults are picking up the interest inter-est they had as youngsters; finding old shoe boxes in closets that have been packed around as they have moved from home to home. He said that the "hot" card right now is Frank Thomas' rookie card. Thomas plays for the Chicago White Sox in the American League. Lamoreauxs' collection includes Willie Mays, Ty Detmer, Vince Lombardi's, "Packers' Play of the Year," Bill Walton, David Robinson, Michael Jordan, Ken Griffey Jr., Darryl Strawberry and Nolan Ryan's rookie card. Since winning the Hiseman, Detmer's card has become very valuable. spoons brown sugar, lemon juice, lemon peel and ginger to a boil; sprinkle in 14 cup cereal. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly; remove re-move from heat Spread cereal mixture mix-ture over fruit in pan. In small bowl, combine remaining remain-ing sugar, cereal, flour and baking powder; stir in margarine and milk. Drop batter by spoonfuls over fruit. Bake at 400 F for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden. Cool slightly; serve warm. Nutrition Information per serving: serv-ing: 260 calories, 158 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, 7 gm total fat (26 calories from fat), 1 gm saturated fat, 2 gm dietary fiber. A FEW of the sports cards that Lamoreauxs own includes Willie Mays, Ty Detmer, Vince Lombardi's "Packers Play of the Year," Bill Wajton, David Robinson, Michael Jordan, Ken Griffey Jr., Darryl Strawberry and Nolan Ryan's rookie card. The Detmer card has become valuable since he won the Hiseman trophy. JESSIE HELPS "regulars," (from rear to front), Jeff Greene, lony Spafford and Colby McLean as they wheel and deal sports trading CarClS. I lie UUyS llctve lUdllieu IU uuy, sen ainj uauc iu yci nnai they want. They also trade among themselves. My Son August Fourth, Nineteen Ninety-one I came running ten minutes late at your birth, to awe and wonder and share my mirth. I wiped your nose and your bum as years flew by, and you increased your girth. Many bike tires were repaired, growing pains, griefs, joys and sorrows, all were aired. I watched you wear out your green machine, and stretch and grow to become handsome and lean. Your were a good one, son, and in no way were you small and mean. Oh, I was a stern one, always wanting more. You showed me your stuff, son, and believe me, it was enoughl I came again, running ten minutes late, to the place where you lay. You were still brown and supple as I caressed you, but life had gone away. You lived each moment and lived it well. Where have you gone, son? Will someone please tell. Your moments have all become history, and a part of life's great mystery. All you should out there hear me well, if you have an ear. I would give all I own for one more yesteryear. My grief is complete. Dad This poem was written by Leo Karren following the death of his nineteen year old son, Tommy Karren, who was killed in an accident on his "Green Machine-motorcycle. Machine-motorcycle. Submitted by the Uintah Poetry Society ' tL, |